ISLAND  島嶼洲

TERRITORY SURROUNDED by WATER on ALL SIDES.
ISLEISLETATOLL(ISLANDS) ARCHIPELAGO
Antonym
  • MAINLANDLANDSCAPE NOT IMAGINED as SURROUNDED BY SEA.
    Hypernym
    • TERRITORYPLACE INSIDE DEFINED BOUNDARIES.
      • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
        • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
          • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. Zhōu 洲 refers to a sizeable island of silt in a river.

    2. Zhǔ 渚 refers to a smaller variety of zhōu 洲.

    3. Zhǐ 沚 refers to a tiny island of silt-land in a river.

    4. Chí 坻 refers to an even small patch of land in a river.

    5. Dǎo 島 refers to a stony island, mostly in the sea, and the word is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times.

    6. Yǔ 嶼 refers to a smaller variety of dǎo 島.

    NB: ERYA makes many of these distinctions.

    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    GEOGRAPHY 3.

    洲，水中陸地的泛稱，多為泥沙淤積而成。

    小洲為渚。

    小渚為沚。

    小沚為坻。

    汀，水中或水邊的小塊平地。

    島，江、湖、海中被水環繞的陸地，多為山體。

    Words

    渚  zhǔ OC: kljaʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ 5 Attributions

    Zhǔ 渚 refers to a smaller variety of zhōu 洲.

      Syntactic words
    • nrare and poetic: medium size island in a river; island
    洲  zhōu OC: kju MC: tɕɨu 4 Attributions

    Zhōu 洲 refers to a sizeable island of silt in a river.

      Syntactic words
    • nrare and poetic: very large island in a river; island
    沚  zhǐ OC: kljɯʔ MC: tɕɨ 2 Attributions

    Zhǐ 沚 refers to a tiny island of silt-land in a river.

      Syntactic words
    • nvery rare and poetic: small island in a river or in lake; island
    坻  chí OC: dil MC: ɖi 1 Attribution

    Chí 坻 refers to an even small patch of land in a river.

      Syntactic words
    • nvery small small island in a river
    島  dǎo OC: taawʔ MC: tɑu 0 Attributions

    Dǎo 島 refers to a stony island, mostly in the sea, and the word is exceedingly rare in pre-Buddhist times.

      Syntactic words
    • nmountainous or rocky large island, typically in the sea; island in the sea
    嶼  yǔ OC: sɢlaʔ MC: zi̯ɤ 0 Attributions

    Yǔ 嶼 refers to a smaller variety of dǎo 島.

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: small rocky island in the sea
    汀  tīng OC: theeŋ MC: theŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nvery rare and poetic: small flat island

    Existing SW for

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